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Cameron Green has revealed how junior tours to India allowed him to get comfortable in subcontinental conditions after scoring his maiden Test century. After beginning the day one run short of his half-century, Green was outstanding smashing 18 boundaries en-route to a Test career best of 114. Green’s century came …

Steve Smith says he was “angry” and “bedazzled” after being dismissed while attempting a sweep shot during the second Test of the India series. Speaking to reporters ahead of the third Test in Indore, where Smith will captain in Pat Cummins’ absence, the second drop bemoaned the way in which …

Cricket great Mark Taylor has questioned how much Australia’s top order practised sweep shots prior to the India tour, admitting Steve Smith‘s use of the shot “shocked” him in the second Test. Like many watching, Taylor was left scratching his head as Australia crumbled on day three in Delhi, with …

Australian Test captain Pat Cummins will return home to Sydney because of a family illness. Cricket Australia says he is expected to rejoin the team ahead of the third Test match in Indore on March 1. “Pat Cummins has flown home for personal reasons due to a serious family illness,” …

Peter Handscomb takes an extraordinary catch! Shreyas Iyer’s wicket is lost from another Nathan Lyon delivery but Handscomb juggles the catch at short leg. The ball hit Iyer’s forearm and rolled up, allowing him to grab it with both hands. “Has he taken it? This is a brilliant, brilliant catch,” …

After already being burdened by a dearth of runs, David Warner has more worries to deal with following a brutal stay at the crease in Delhi on Friday. The embattled Australian opener was the target of a vicious Mohammed Siraj spell early in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy …

Usman Khawaja was dismissed within sight of another century as KL Rahul pulled off a spectacular catch in the second Test between Australia and India. Up until that point, the Aussie opener had been solid in his 81 and far more positive than he had been in Nagpur. Khawaja was …

Usman Khawaja would no doubt have been eyeing three figures, but he’s been undone by a ripper of a catch from KL Rahul – his second of the day. Khawaja smoked a reverse sweep that was four all day, but somehow Rahul – at full stretch – got a mitt …

The anti-narcotics cell of Panchkula in Haryana, India have arrested a Nigerian student for allegedly supplying heroin to drug peddlers.   The 29-year-old Nigerian national identified as Nwosu Echezoma, alias Amaica, was arrested on Sunday, February 12, 2023.    Heroin weighing 15.56 gm was also recovered from the accused, who …

Mark Taylor has urged Australia’s selectors to give Travis Head a chance to overturn his inadequate Test record in Asia in the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Selectors sprung a shock when they axed Head for the first Test of the Indian series, despite the fact his tally …